Graphicly accused of not paying creators

Reports are emerging that the now defunct digital platform owes money to various creators and publishers, many of whom do not expect compensation.

Graphicly recently shut its doors, with key members of its team including founder Micah Baldwin moving to digital publisher Blurb.

Dave Dellecese (Holidaze) told The Outhousers after reading an article on "the ambiguous nature" of whether creators will be paid: "I can tell you as one of those creators, that is not the case.

"In fact, an email from Graphicly came today in response to my inquiry about payment and the response was, 'I regret to inform you that we have closed our doors and are unable to provide any payments. I'm personally very sorry about this'.

Th3rd World Studios said: "They had not paid us since Q2 of 2013. Their 'reporting' system, if it could ever be called that, was always months behind and stopped working altogether January of this past year."

Great Beast's Marc Ellerby told The Beat: "I published Ellerbisms with them in January 2013, a few months after the paperback came out. It's done quite well, reaching #2 in the UK Kindle chart for graphic novels.

"Despite this, I have never received any payment from Graphicly despite repeated emails of inquiry."

Mike Garley and former Graphicly employee Owen Wears have complained about non-payment and the issues surrounding the closure and move to Blurb.

According to Bleeding Cool, the Colorado Attorney General's Office is encouraging complainants to fill out an online form about their dealings with Graphicly.